Field Guide to the Micro-Moths of Great Britain and Ireland - Couverture souple

Sterling, Dr Phil; Parsons, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0956490212 ISBN 13 : 9780956490216

Editeur : British Wildlife Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

One of the most eagerly anticipated insect guides for years. This is the most comprehensive field guide to micro-moths ever published in a single volume, and, for the first time, makes this fascinating and important group of insects accessible to the general naturalist. The guide covers 1,033 species, with more than 1,500 superbly detailed artworks and photographs. It also includes 900 specially commissioned maps.
Written by a team of moth experts under the editorship of Phil Sterling, it provides coverage of all the micro-moth families found in Great Britain and Ireland, including the Channel Islands. Species descriptions include field characters, similar species, flight season, habitat, larval foodplants, status and distribution. The general introduction covers identifying, studying and finding micro-moths, including field techniques, and there is also a series of innovative keys to families and genera, as well as a comprehensive checklist incorporating the latest thinking on taxonomy.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Phil Sterling has more than 35 years' experience in British nature conservation, and a life-long interest in Lepidoptera. He holds an MA (Oxon) in Zoology and his DPhil was on the Brown-tail Moth. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Entomological Society and the Chartered Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management. A national authority on moths, Phil has co-authored major field guides to micro-moths and caterpillars and has received two Marsh Awards for his contributions to insect and Lepidoptera conservation.

Mark Parsons has studied Lepidoptera since 1976. He has a BSc in Biology and is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, and belongs to leading entomological societies. He has worked as an entomologist for the Nature Conservancy Council, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the Natural History Museum, London. Mark has published widely and co-authored key guides, including the Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland and A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland.

Richard Lewington is an acknowledged leader in the field of insect illustration. His meticulous paintings of wildlife are the mainstay of many of the modern classics of field-guide art, from butterflies and moths, to bees, spiders and dragonflies. Richard has also designed and illustrated wildlife stamps for several countries. In 1999 he was awarded Butterfly Conservation's Marsh Award for the promotion of Lepidoptera conservation, and in 2010 the Zoological Society of London's Stamford Raffles Award for contribution to zoology. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: British Wildlife Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0956490212
• ISBN 13: 9780956490216
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Lewington Richard
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible